Indigenous Plants and Well-Being: A Conversation with Marika Alvarado and Will Wilson

March 3, 2021

Medicine Woman Marika Alvarado (Lipan Mescalero Apache) and Spring 2021 artist-in-residence Will Wilson (Diné/Navajo) join for a conversation about their collaboration for the exhibition Will Wilson: AIR / Survey. Together, they discuss their practices and the importance of maintaining Indigenous plant life, well-being, and the environment.

Will Wilson: Air / Survey was on view January 30 – March 27, 2021.

Moderated and organized by Kaila T. Schedeen, PhD (Department of Art and Art History and NAIS Graduate Portfolio Alum). This event was organized by the Visual Arts Center at UT Austin and co-sponsored by the Native American and Indigenous Studies Program.